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 VAC & VSA - 2-Channel Smileage, PMD

A pretty musical Living Room!

VAC Statement Amps - breaking in

APL NWO-M CD/SACD & SR Tranquility Base

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Spkrs-new mids, intrnl SOTA wire & caps
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VAC & VSA - 2-Channel Smileage, PMD
This system, with 60 comments, is already up under my old Audiogon moniker - Fplanner2000. I've had to duplicate it since they wouldn't let me attach it to my new moniker - fplanner2010.

I started this hobby about 8 years ago and have subsequently gone a bit nuts turning my living room into a pretty nice 2-channel and HT setup. When I first posted this system on 10-4-06, it didn't have very much of what is currently there now. (Actually, all that remains are the Gray conditioner, the sub and Sunfire amp!!)

I have done all the upgrades I had been contemplating 3 years ago (plus a number of others for various reasons), and the dogs have been surprisingly cooperative in not taking out any tubes. With the latest addition of the APL Super-DAC prototype, I am pretty much exactly where I had hoped to be when I started this 8 years ago. FINALLY!!

I'd like to thank all my friends and acquaintances here on Audiogon for your help and guidance along the way. I never would have gotten this far this quickly without your help, suggestions and shared wisdom. I am totally appreciative.

I don't anticipate any more changes anytime real soon, but in this hobby, you really NEVER KNOW!! I'm going to CES in 3 weeks, so we'll see what happens. I'm definitely interested in exploring computer integration and would love to have my 1000+ CDs on a big hard-drive, but we'll see....

Thanks again and your comments are welcome.
Fplanner2010  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

12-13-09
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12-13-09   System edited: pics added   Fplanner2010

12-31-09   Fplanner; never saw your prior system posts; but you do have ...   Mribob

12-31-09   Mribob - thank you for the gracious compliments on my system ...   Fplanner2010

01-18-10   Hello fplanner2010. could you tell me what power tubes vac u ...   Sherod

01-18-10   Sherod- i won't be getting the preamp for another week or s ...   Fplanner2010

01-18-10   Thanks for the current update. i hope the cap upgrade for th ...   Sherod

01-18-10   Thanks - i appreciate it!   Fplanner2010

01-19-10   Fplanner2010, nice to see you are starting to hear what the ...   Perrew

01-19-10   Perrew- i do not have the wifi option yet, as alex was scram ...   Fplanner2010

01-19-10   Oh i see that was unfortunate, its a great feature, with ver ...   Perrew

01-27-10   How do u like the dd-15s on 2 channel?   Ajackson1

01-27-10   To be honest, i no longer use the dd-15 for 2-channel. my s ...   Fplanner2010

01-28-10   Upgrading preamps this weekend. system due to be reorganize ...   Fplanner2010

01-30-10   After measuring cables, etc., looks like a system reorganiza ...   Fplanner2010

02-14-10   My tech and i installed new v-caps into my 7se's yesterday. ...   Fplanner2010

03-17-10   Caps have about 300 hours on them and the preamp about 375. ...   Fplanner2010

05-04-10   Great system, enjoyed reading the commnets and seeing the pi ...   Glenfihi

05-04-10   Glenfihi - thank you very much. its been a constant learnin ...   Fplanner2010

06-09-10   Hello fplanner2010, what a fine system...i expect it has pr ...   C1ferrari

06-09-10   Thank you sam. i am honored by your compliment, and confess ...   Fplanner2010

06-10-10   Greetings, harve, you're most welcome :-) the dali megalin ...   C1ferrari

06-10-10   Only one way to know for sure how they sound together harve. ...   Arthursmuck

06-11-10   I'm still "evaluating"... ;-) leaning towards ke ...   Fplanner2010

06-28-10   Update: keeping the synergistic research speaker cells - ...   Fplanner2010

09-28-10   Hi, what is your opinion of the apl dac? is this the same a ...   Manjy

09-28-10   Hi manjy- you have quite a system - i've never even seen, le ...   Fplanner2010

09-28-10   Hi, thanks for your response. i will speak to alex about hi ...   Manjy

09-28-10   Manjy - those speakers look pretty impressive. which ones d ...   Fplanner2010

09-29-10   The speaker that 'manjy' has is a siltech pantheon xxv - ser ...   Schwinnindia

09-29-10   I'm guessing you are his dealer and that the 2 of you live i ...   Fplanner2010

01-16-11   System edited: added esoteric/apl nwo-m to system. totally ...   Fplanner2010

01-16-11   Sacd also benefits from the asynchronus upsampling at 195khz ...   Fplanner2010

02-19-11   Update: redbook breaking in nicely with the aid of an isote ...   Fplanner2010

04-15-11   Seeking a bit more bass, i experimented last weekend with re ...   Fplanner2010

05-04-11   Well, so much for "waiting for winter"... i will p ...   Fplanner2010

05-17-11   System edited: added 4 shuguang black treasure cv-181-z to e ...   Fplanner2010

05-30-11   System still improving as black treasures start to break in ...   Fplanner2010

06-11-11   Hey fplanner, i ordered a set of tubes also based on your ...   Smoothjazz

06-12-11   Despite your attempt to blame me for how great your tube sys ...   Fplanner2010

06-12-11   smoothjazz, i also owned a mbl 6010d as well along with a ...   Dev

07-04-11   I think you should try new old stock tubes in the amp and pr ...   Jwm

07-25-11   Fplanner, a problem!!! i purchased one pair of the psvanes ...   Smoothjazz

07-25-11   Sorry you are having a problem. what i did was replace the ...   Fplanner2010

08-08-11   I think i found the solution; making a tweak, flipping the v ...   Smoothjazz

08-08-11   John - glad you hit upon a solution that works for you. as ...   Fplanner2010

08-09-11   One quick follow-up; i obtained even better results switchin ...   Smoothjazz

08-09-11   That's great news! i had a hunch it would be something &quo ...   Fplanner2010

09-10-11   smoothjazz, we remained in the e.a.r./marten room for awh ...   C1ferrari

10-14-11   Great to see old friends at rmaf this weekend as well as mak ...   Fplanner2010

10-15-11   fplanner2010, hehe, famous last words! :-) regards, sam   C1ferrari


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